The repeated and unprecedented attacks on former President Donald Trump, as he emerged as a political outsider and won the presidency, have prompted many to question whether leading Democrats or Democratic supporters are behind these attacks in an effort to prevent the popular former president from running for reelection.

Special Counsel John Durham, a former federal prosecutor appointed to investigate the origins of the ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ hoax by then-Attorney General William Barr, has disclosed that he has found connections between the attempts to tarnish Trump.

Durham revealed in a bombshell court filing several months ago for the first time that there was a “joint venture or conspiracy” between then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign, researchers, and others to fabricate the collusion story, with the intention of harming Trump’s chances of winning the election and disrupting his presidency.

“These parties acted as ‘joint venturer[s]’ and therefore should be ‘considered as co-conspirator[s],’” he wrote.

Just the News reported that Durham has recently released a text message that proves Michael Sussmann, Hillary Clinton’s campaign attorney, misled to the FBI about not working on behalf of any client while delivering anti-Trump research.

According to prosecutors, Sussmann was actually working for both the Clinton campaign and another client, as reported by Just the News late last year.

Durham has indicated he is willing to present evidence that the attempt to defame Donald Trump with the false accusation was a “conspiracy.”

The Conservative Brief notes:

“The existence of the text message between Sussmann and then-FBI General Counsel James Baker was revealed in a court filing late Monday night by Durham’s team. Prosecutors said they intend to show Sussmann gave a false story to the FBI but then told the truth about working on behalf of the Clinton campaign when he later testified to Congress,” the outlet’s report continued.

“Jim – it’s Michael Sussmann. I have something time-sensitive (and sensitive) I need to discuss,” Sussmann said in a text to Baker on Sept. 18, 2016, the new court filing revealed. “Do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? I’m coming on my own – not on behalf of a client or company – want to help the Bureau. Thanks.”

The prosecution stated that the newly discovered text message will be a crucial piece of evidence during the trial because it will show that Sussmann misled the FBI.

“The defendant lied in that meeting, falsely stating to the General Counsel that he was not providing the allegations to the FBI on behalf of any client,” Durham’s motion said. “In fact, the defendant had assembled and conveyed the allegations to the FBI on behalf of at least two specific clients, including (i) a technology executive (‘Tech Executive-1’) at a U.S.-based Internet company (‘Internet Company-1’), and (ii) the Clinton Campaign.”

The prosecutor noted that during his testimony before the House a year later, Sussmann confessed that he had contacted the FBI at his client’s request.

“We had a conversation, as lawyers do with their clients, about client 1 needs and objectives and the best course to take for a client,” Sussmann testified during a deposition that was taken by then-House Intelligence Committee GOP investigative counsel Kash Patel. “And so it may have been a decision that we came to together. I mean, I don’t want to imply that I was sort of directed to do something against my better judgment, or that we were in any sort of conflict.”

“As an initial matter, the Government expects that the evidence at trial will show that beginning in late July/early August 2016, the defendant, Tech Executive-1, and agents of the Clinton Campaign were ‘acting in concert toward a common goal,’ … namely, the goal of assembling and disseminating the Russian Bank-1 allegations and other derogatory information about Trump and his associates to the media and the U.S. government,” Durham’s team said.

More on this story via The Republic Brief:

“The evidence of a joint venture or conspiracy will establish that in November 2016, soon after the Presidential election, Tech Executive-1 emailed a colleague, stating, ‘I was tentatively offered the top [cybersecurity] job by the Democrats when it looked like they’d win,’” Durham’s prosecutors noted further.CONTINUE READING…